How to Use sill in a Sentence

sill

noun
  • Dust the sills and tops of sashes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The roof was tile and so were the window sills.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Saucers of silk line the sills like a grand banquet for clothes moths.
    — Meredi Ortega, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Wipe out sills and brush screens with a soft brush or spray off with a garden hose.
    — Kathryn Weber, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Start by dusting at the top of the blinds, then work your way down to the sills.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Probe joist ends and sill plates with a screwdriver or an ice pick.
    — Jim Gorman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2015
  • By evening the water was at the sill of the Paseks’ back door.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The windows collapsed down to their sills.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
  • Of them clogging the sills of our doors and windows with their downy scales.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The window trim, door handle trim, and side sill trim were the same satin chrome.
    — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 June 2017
  • The agency is planning to close this outlet with a rock sill.
    — Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
  • Someone who put orchids on the sill of a window that had once been nailed shut.
    — Anne Enright, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Black extensions adorn door sills.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • For dusty baseboards and window sills, opt for the dusting brush.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The off-ramps in both directions on the freeway were sill closed due to the crash.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The camera shows a cougar putting its paw prints on the Guerndt's window sill.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2018
  • At windows, cut trim channel to match the length of the sill and then nail it into place.
    — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • The sills were ridiculously high, and full-length curtains just didn't look good.
    — David A. Keeps, House Beautiful, 11 Apr. 2012
  • Each red ball branded with a small white handprint and left to dry on the sill in the classroom.
    — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Find a table or a window sill or something off to the side to shoot your pictures.
    — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The reasons for both the increase and the decline are sill very much up for debate.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Set windows on the porch or in existing window sills to give the house a spooky look.
    — Kc Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Behind her, two Loewe perfumes are perched on the window sill.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And then to have those seats floating, connected to the side sills is even odder.
    — Imad Khan, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Herbs such as sage, thyme, chives, and oregano are easy to grow in pot, whether on a patio or just a window sill.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Using a broom, sweep away the cobwebs and debris from the windows and sills.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Lightly spray a microfiber cloth with the solution, then wipe down each sill.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Near the house, released kites, healthy enough to fly short distances, perch in rows on rooftops and window sills.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Naked carbon fiber also adorns the front splitter, the rear spoiler, and the side sills.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
  • Water had reached the sill of the doorway, but it was kept at bay by a towel against the doorframe.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024

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